42 U.S.C. § 17112
In this section:
The term "data center" means any facility that primarily contains electronic equipment used to process, store, and transmit digital information, which may be-
The term "data center operator" means any person or government entity that builds or operates a data center or purchases data center services, equipment, and facilities.
Not later than 90 days after December 19, 2007, the Secretary and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall, after consulting with information technology industry and other interested parties, initiate a voluntary national information program for those types of data centers and data center equipment and facilities that are widely used and for which there is a potential for significant data center energy savings as a result of the program.
The program described in paragraph (1) shall-
The Secretary and the Administrator shall carry out subsection (b) in collaboration with the information technology industry and other key stakeholders, with the goal of producing results that accurately reflect the most relevant and useful information.
In carrying out the collaboration described in paragraph (1), the Secretary and the Administrator shall pay particular attention to organizations that-
The Secretary and the Administrator shall consider and assess the adequacy of the specifications, measurements, best practices, and benchmarks described in subsection (b) for use by the Federal Energy Management Program, the Energy Star Program, and other efficiency programs of the Department of Energy or the Environmental Protection Agency.
In this subsection, the term "report" means the report of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory entitled "United States Data Center Energy Usage Report" and dated June 2016, which was prepared as an update to the "Report to Congress on Server and Data Center Energy Efficiency", published on August 2, 2007, pursuant to section 1 of Public Law 109-431 (120 Stat. 2920).
Not later than 4 years after December 27, 2020, the Secretary, in collaboration with the Administrator, shall make available to the public an update to the report that provides-
The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall maintain a data center energy practitioner program that provides for the certification of energy practitioners qualified to evaluate the energy usage and efficiency opportunities in federally owned and operated data centers.
Each Federal agency shall consider having the data centers of the agency evaluated once every 4 years by energy practitioners certified pursuant to the program, whenever practicable using certified practitioners employed by the agency.
The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, shall establish an open data initiative relating to energy usage at federally owned and operated data centers, with the purpose of making the data available and accessible in a manner that encourages further data center innovation, optimization, and consolidation.
In establishing the initiative under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider using the online Data Center Maturity Model.
The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall actively participate in efforts to harmonize global specifications and metrics for data center energy and water efficiency.
The Secretary, in collaboration with key stakeholders, shall facilitate in the development of an efficiency metric that measures the energy efficiency of a data center (including equipment and facilities).
The Secretary and the Administrator shall not disclose any proprietary information or trade secrets provided by any individual or company for the purposes of carrying out this section or the programs and initiatives established under this section.
42 U.S.C. § 17112
EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXTThe Energy Policy and Conservation Act, referred to in subsec. (b)(2)(D)(ii), is Pub. L. 94-163, Dec. 22, 1975, 89 Stat. 871, which is classified principally to chapter 77 (§6201 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 6201 of this title and Tables. Section 1 of Public Law 109-431 (120 Stat. 2920), referred to in subsec. (e)(1), is section 1, Dec. 20, 2006 of Pub. L. 109-431, 120 Stat. 2920, which is not classified to the Code.
AMENDMENTS2020-Subsec. (b)(2)(D)(iv). Pub. L. 116-260, §1003(1)(A), substituted "proposed by the stakeholders" for "determined by the organization".Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 116-260, §1003(1)(B), struck out par. (3). Text read as follows: "The program described in paragraph (1) shall be developed in consultation with and coordinated by the organization described in subsection (c) according to commonly accepted procedures for the development of specifications, measurements, and benchmarks." Subsecs. (c) to (j). Pub. L. 116-260, §1003(2), added subsecs. (c) to (j) and struck out former subsecs. (c) to (g) which related to consultation with a data center efficiency organization to coordinate the voluntary national information program, including the requirements of such coordination, measurements and specifications, monitoring, alternate systems, and protection of propriety information.
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE Section effective on the date that is 1 day after Dec. 19, 2007, see section 1601 of Pub. L. 110-140 set out as a note under section 1824 of Title 2, The Congress.
- Administrator
- The term "Administrator" means the Administrator of General Services.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.1 See References in Text note below.
- practices
- The term "practices" means design, financing, permitting, construction, commissioning, operation and maintenance, and other practices that contribute to achieving zero-net-energy buildings or facilities.